MAGA Golfer Threatened to Call Trump in Penalty Meltdown

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MAGA pro golfer https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-pro-golfer-bryson-dechambeau-reveals-his-bonkers-moon-landing-theory-to-katie-miller/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-pro-golfer-bryson-dechambeau-reveals-his-bonkers-moon-landing-theory-to-katie-miller/">Bryson DeChambeau begged for Donald Trump to step in and get him off the hook for a penalty.

The 32-year-old https://www.thedailybeast.com/tiger-woods-freezes-out-bryson-dechambeau-over-liv-golf-defection/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tiger-woods-freezes-out-bryson-dechambeau-over-liv-golf-defection/">asked for the president to be called in to a disagreement he had with officials over a two-point penalty he was handed for “inadvertently improving his lie” on the fifth hole of his second round at this year’s Open Championship.

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